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New Appointment of Directors and Executive Officers

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May 9, 2005

New Appointment of Directors and Executive Officers

Nikon Corporation (YOSHIDA, Shoichiro, Chairman of the Board & CEO) announces that the board of directors decided today its recommendation for new appointments of Directors and Executive Officers to be proposed to the ordinary General Shareholders' Meeting on the coming June 29, 2005 and the Board of Directors Meeting to immediately follow it.

1. Director's Promotion
Proposed title Name Current title
President,
Member of the Board *
Chief Executive Officer
& Chief Operating Officer
KARIYA, Michio Executive Vice President, Member of the Board *
President of Precision Equipment Company
Senior Managing Director, Member of the Board
& Senior Executive Officer
KIMURA, Makoto Managing Director, Member of the Board
& Senior Executive Officer
President of Imaging Company
Senior Managing Director, Member of the Board
& Senior Executive Officer
SUWA, Kyoichi Director, Member of the Board & Executive Officer
Vice President of Precision Equipment Company
Managing Director, Member of the Board
& Senior Executive Officer
USHIDA, Kazuo Executive Officer
General Manager of Development Headquarters,
Precision Equipment Company
Managing Director, Member of the Board
& Senior Executive Officer
KAWAI, Yoshimichi Director, Member of the Board
& Executive Officer
Vice President of Precision Equipment Company
Director, Member of the Board
& Executive Officer
MORI, Hidetoshi Executive Officer
President of Instruments Company
Director, Member of the Board
& Executive Officer
ICHIHARA, Yutaka Executive Officer
Vice President of Core Technology Center
Remarks : "*" indicates "representative director of the Board".
 
2. New Director Nominees
Proposed title Name Current title
Executive Vice President, Member of the Board *
& Chief Financial Officer
TERATO, Ichiro Senior Managing Director,
The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, Ltd.
Director, Member of the Board KANEKO, Ryotaro President
Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company
Remarks : "*" indicates "representative director of the Board".

3. Remaining Directors
Current title Name
Managing Director, Member of the Board
& Senior Executive Officer
President of Corporate Strategy Center
KAJIWARA, Mamoru
Managing Director, Member of the Board
& Senior Executive Officer
Divisional President of Office of Management Strategy
MIYAUCHI, Norio
Managing Director, Member of the Board
& Senior Executive Officer
Vice President of Imaging Company
TOMINO, Naoki
Director, Member of the Board KONO, Shunji
 
4. Retiring Director
Current title Name
Chairman of the Board *
& Chief Executive Officer
YOSHIDA, Shoichiro
Vice Chairman of the Board *
& Chief Financial Officer
ENYA, Kenji
President, Member of the Board *
& Chief Operating Officer
SHIMAMURA, Teruo
Executive Vice President, Member of the Board * HARA, Yasujiro
Managing Director, Member of the Board
& Senior Executive Officer
TAMORI, Takashi
Director, Member of the Board TSUCHIDA, Terumichi
Shoichiro YOSHIDA and Teruo SHIMAMURA have been nominated as Corporate Adviser. Kenji ENYA has been nominated as Senior Advisor.  Yasujiro HARA and Takashi TAMORI have been nominated as Counselor.

5. New Executive Officer Nominees
Proposed title Name Current title
Executive Officer IWASAKI, Jun President,
Tochigi Nikon Corporation
Executive Officer MASAI, Toshiyuki President & CEO,
Nikon Inc.
Executive Officer HASHIZUME, Norio General Manager of Financing
& Accounting Department, Corporate Strategy Center
Executive Officer OKAMOTO, Yasuyuki General Manager of Corporate Communications
& IR Department, Corporate Strategy Center
Executive Officer UMATATE, Toshikazu Executive Senior Staff of Development Headquarters, Precision Equipment Company

6. Remaining Executive Officers
Current title Name
Executive Officer
Vice President of Core Technology Center
WATANABE, Takao
Executive Officer
General Manager of Marketing Management Department, Imaging Company
HIRAI, Hideshi
Executive Officer
General Manager of Planning Department, Precision Equipment Company
KUMAZAWA, Masami
Executive Officer
General Manager of Development Management Department, Imaging Company
GOTO, Tetsuro
Executive Officer
Vice President of Business Administration Center
MORISHITA, Koji
 
7. Retiring Executive Officers
Current title Name
Executive Officer
General Manager of Glass Division
UMEDA, Yuichi
Executive Officer
Assistant of President of Precision Equipment Company
TANIMOTO, Akikazu
Yuichi UMEDA and Akikazu TANIMOTO have been nominated as Special Consulting Staff.


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